Car dumper



A. F. CASE.

CAR DUMPER.

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Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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CAR BUMPER.

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Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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CAR BUMPER.

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Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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EAR DUMPER.

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Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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UNITED sTArssllajeNr OFFICE.

ARTHUR F. OASE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WELLMAN`SEAVER l MORGAN COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

CAR BUMPER.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: y

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. CASE, a citizen of the Unit/ed States, residing at (leveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car Dnmpers. ofi which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to car dumpersof the type having a car receiving cradle which is turned about an axis to dump a car supported by the cradle; and the invention has particular reference to the car clamping mechanism which holds the car onto 'the cr dle while the cradle is `beinpr turned to and from car receivingv position. y

The principal object of the invention .is to provide a more etlicient and more satisfactory clamp operating mechanism. More particularly, the invention aims to eliminate the vertically moving sectional counter weights which heretofore have been generally employed for holding the clamps onto the top of the car and to provide counterweights which are carried by the cradle and which permit the clamps to be loweied onto the top of the car at the start of the turning movement and to cause the clamps to exert a gradual increasing pressure on the car as the cradle approaches final dumping: position. Further, the invent-ion aims to provide clamp operating mechanism involving; pivotcd counterweights associated with drumsreceiving ropes which hold the clamps down onto the top of the car after the cradle has been turned to a predetermined position from normal position and which elevate the clamps with reference to the car after the car has been dumped and just before the cradle is restored to its normal position. mechanism being provided to cause the pivotcd counterweights to be automatically connected to the drums when the cradle has been turned a predetermined amount from normal position in the early part of the dumping movement and to be automatically disconnected from the drums near the end of the return movement. Y

The invention may be briefly summarized as consisting' in certain novel details of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be described in the specification and set forth in the appended claims.

The present invention can be employed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

ffplication led'oetober 11, 192D. Serial No. 416,105.

to advantage in dumpcrs having cradles of the cylindrical type adapted to be turned about the central axis of the cradle, cradles ot' this type being commonly employed in coal tipples, and it can he employed equally well in duinpers more generally employed i" or handling standard railway cars and having Lshaped or rectangular cradles which turn about an axis near the top of the inner straight or vertical side of the cradle. and in the drawings both types or forms of. cradles are shown with my invention applied thereto.

In the drawings Fig, l is an end view with parts in section of a dumper having a` cradle of the cylindrical type; Fig. 2 is a side vicw of the samewith Substantially half the cradle in vertical section; Fig. 2 is an end view of the cradle on an enlarged scale with thc cradle in the position shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a view of the cradle turned about 15 from normal position shown in Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a similar view with the cradle turned about 30o from normal position; Fig. is a similar view with the cradle turned about 16j from normal position or to its final dumping position; Fig. 6 is an enlarged view ot' the mechanism associated with each countern'eight and drum for the purpose of forminpr the driving connection between the cmmtcrwcight and drum and for disconnet-tina1r the two parts; Fig. 7 is a side View of the mechanism shown in Fig'. o; Fig. T

is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the.V Y

car clamps; Figs. 8 to ll show my invention applied to a dumper having a rectangular shaped cradle, these views showing the cradle in various positions: and Figs. 1Q and 13 are views corresponding to Figs. 6 and 7. showing particularly the connecting and disconnecting mechanism between the rope drums and counterweights.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the dumper shown has a cradle 1l) adapted to receive a loaded railway car 11, and to be turned about its longitudinal axis through a portion of a revolution sufficient to dum the contents from the car and to permit it to drop into a suitable receptacle such as a ho per 12, the details of which do not concern t e present invention. I

The cradle l) is built up of suitable structural material of any suitable desi the cradle bein open at the top for t e discharge of t e material so that between its structure is viewed in Fi of the car rests a ainst b ocking which` will ends the vcradle is substantially U-shaped, but at its ends it is provided with circular end frames 13 best indicated in Fig. 2. The cradle is supported at each end by two pairs of rollers 14 carried by equalizers 415 supported by the foundation 16, these rollers preferabl engaging circular rails 17 wholly orf artia ly encircling the end frames 13.

he cradle may be turned or revolved by any suitable means but preferably by a. motor 18 such as indicated at the left hand side of Fi 1, which motor is geared to a shaft .19, tEe end of which is shown in Fig. 1, this shaft extendin lengthwise of the cradle along one side o? the same, and driving pinions, one of which is designated at 2G', adapted to engage gear segments 21 `ciu'ried by the end frames 13 of the cradle and extending for a suitable distance around these end frames. Any other suitable means may be provided for supporting and rotating the cradle, and as my invention does not directly concern any of these features, the above brief description considered in connection with the drawings is thought to be suilicient.

f The bottom of the cradle is provided with a platen 22 having rails adapted to receive the car 1l and mounted on rollers 23 so that 'the platen and the ear on it can be moved laterally toward one side of the cradle which may be termed the dumping side, in the wellknown manner. Springs 24 may be piovided to start the lateral movement of the platen and car at the Start of the dumping movement and pusli rods 25 may be utilized to restore the platen to its normal central osi'tion at the end of the return movement.

n this instance these push rods extend laterally of the platen and at their outer ends are connected by links 26 to the cradle structure. Likewise at their outer ends rollers 27 are provided which are adapted to engage inclined stops 28 so positioned that just before the cradle is restored to its normal position after dumping a car these rollers engage the inclined stops 28 'and push the laten back to its central position, and at t e start of the dumping movement these rollers by moving away from the inclined stops 28 permit the springs 24 to assist gravity to move the platen 22 and car 11 to the right as the 1 until the side be rovided on t of t e cradle.

It inight be m tioned at this point that in Fig. 1 the crad e is shown in normal position and the car and platen are located centrally with respeta: to the cradle, and in Fig. 3 the cradle has een turned toward dumping position about 15, and the platen has been moved laterally to the ri ht a distance such that the right hand side of the car rests. against the blocking` indicated at 29.

e upright dumping side No invention is claimed in or in the platen moving further description of these to be unnecessary.

' The car clamping mechanism constituting the principal part of my invention will now be taken up and described. For the. purpose of holding the car onto the platen of the cradle while the cradle is being turned to dump the car and to restore the empty car to normal position, a series of car clamps of the pivoted c ounterweiglit type are provided on the cradle, four such counterweight car clams being contemplated with the present esign, each having independent operating mechanism. In this instance each car clamp comprisesa slide 3() on the dumping side of the cradle adapted to be moved up and down in guides 31 (see Fig. 7*) bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the side of the cradle. This slide is provided with a hook or shoulder 30*l which is adapted to engage one side of the car 1l when the clamp is lowered by gravity, as will be hereinafter described. Additionally each clamp includes a beam 32 which is pivoted to the slide 3() and extends across the open upper portion of the cradle substantially to the opposite side from that which carries the slide 30. The beam is provided at its outer or free end with three sheaves 33, at the center with a sheave 34, and at the axis of the pivotal connection with the slide with three sheaves 35. lt may be stated at this point that the two outer sheaves 33 and the two outer sheaves 35 accommodate a pair of holding or clamping ropes and the other sheaves accommodate a clamp lifting rope which will be explained subsequently.

The operating mechanism for each car clamp includes a drum 36 having' a main portion which is adapted to accommodate two holding ropes which hold the clamp onto the car, and a clamp liftin rope, and has at one end integral or rigi with the main portion a smaller portion 36* to accommodate a chain to be referred to. This drum is carried by the lower part of the cradle on the outer side, i. e. the side 0 posite to what was previously termed t e dumping side, it being understood that there will be one such drum below each, car clamp. This drum is mounted on a pin 37 suitably supported in the structure of the cradle, and on the outer lportions of this pin and normallv loose t ereon are a pair of counterweig t arms 38 at the outer ends of ywhich is a car clamp counterweight 39, in this instance cylindrical in form. When the cradle is in normal osition this counterweight rests upon an inclined guideway 39 supported by the foundation or stationary part of the structure. The two clamp holding ro es, one shown in Fig. 1 and portions of goth shown in the platen per se mechanism, and parts is thought Fig. 7, are designated 40. These ropes are secured to the drum and extend from the same on one side thereof and pass from the drum part way around a pair ot' deliri-ting sheaves 4l. and from the latter extend np- Wardly on the inner side of the cradle around two outer sheaves :lil at the free end of the clamp beam 3;'. then around the two outer sheaves 35 at the inner end of the clamp beam. and then downwardly through the slide 30 along the inner face of the dumping Side of the cradle to fixed anchorage points 42. The clamp lifting rope 'designated 13 extends from the opposite 15 side of the drum 36. as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 7, and from the drinn it extends upwardly to near the top of the cradle around a sheave 44 at the top thereof Vadjacent the free end of the oram 82. then under the middle sheave 33. tbm over the sheave 34. under the middle sluave 35. over asheave or other support l5 at the top of the dumping side of the cradle. and down to a fixed anchorage point 46. The reduced part 36a of the drum is engaged by what may be termed a clamp lifting chain (or rope) 47. hest indicated in Fig. l. This chain passes from the portion 36 of the drum around a sheave itl at the lower part of the cradle, and from this sbeave the chain passes to an ear 49 on a cross-piere con necting the conntcrweight arms 3H. ()ne end of the chain is fastened to the portion 36 of the drum and the other by being fastened to this ear 49 is in effect secured to the counterweight arms 55H.

Referringr now particularly lo Figs. 6 and 7. it will be observed that the drum is provided with ratchet teeth 5f), and that the counterweight arms 38 carry a pawl 51 which is normally held out of engagement with the ratchet teeth 5() by a compression spring 52. Furthermore. at the outer end of one of the counterweight arms 38, which arm extends beyond the drum pin 37 there is a. pivoted bell-crank 53 at one end of which is a roller 54, located beyond the periphery of the drum 36 and of the ratchet teeth 50. -The other end of the hell-crank is connected by a link 55 to the end Iof` the pawl 51 opposite to that which is adapted to engage the ratchet teeth 5U. Preferably the link 55 is not directly coni'iected to the pawl, but is yieldingly connected thereto through the medium of a compression spring 56 located between the pawl and an abutment on the link a short distance from the paw It will be observed by reference to Fig'. 6 that if the counterweight arms 38 are rotated in a counter-clockwise direction relative to the drum 36, the roller 54 will. after a predetermined relative motion in this direction. engage a cam 57 carried by the cradle and located opposite the pawl in the plane of movement thereof. The arrangement is such that when the roller 54 engages this cam the bell-crank 53 is rocked about its pivot on the counterweight arm 8S. and the effect of this is to push on the link 55 and rock the paw] 5l so that its nose or ratchet end will swing into engage ment with the ratchet Wheel 50 or a tooth thereof and thus lock the countcrweight arms and the drum, and as long as the roller 54 is in engagement with the surface of thel cam 57, the counterweight arms and drum heroine in effect a rigid unit, so that the Weightof the countcrweight is transmitted to the drum through the levers afforded by the counterweight, arms 38 and exerts a rotative force thereon, which as will be subsequently explained, exerts a pull on the holding ropes 40, the extent of this pull varying` with the leverage or effective length of the counterweight arms, which leverage or effective length increases gradually as the cradle approaches full dumping position.

The operation of the machine is as follows lV hen the car 11 is run onto the platen of the cradle, the cradle. of course, is in its normal central position with the platen centrally disposed on the bottom of the cradle and with its rails in line with the rails of the amn'oach and run-oil1 tracks. At such time the clamps are in the position shown in Fig. 1. i. e. some distance above the top of the car and the counterweights rest on the inclined surfaces 39, the counterweightarms being then disconnected from the drums associated therewith.

As soon as the cradle begins to tilt. the platen and cradle move laterally toward the dumping side. and after about 150 of rotary movement the side of the car rests against the blocking on the side of the cradle. the position of the parts then being as shown in Fig. 3, the clamps still being out of engagement with the top of -tn ear. As soon as the cradle begins to rotate the clamps begin to descend by gravity, and they continue to descend until the slides 30 engage one side of the car and the beams 32 engage the opposite side, the parts then being in the position shown in Fig. 4. The clamps descend gradually coincident with the turningr movement of the cradle. the amount of rotative movement of the cradle, necessary to bring the clamps to the top of the car depending upon the height of the car, but with a car of substantially thev height shown in Fi 1, therclamps will engage the car, after about 30 of rotative movement of the cradle. Up to this point, and in fact, until a certain further turning movement of the cradle. the counter-weights exert no pull on the holding ropes 40.

As the clamps descend by g'ravity,'the weight of the clamps acting` through the lifting ropes 43 rotates the drum 36 in a counter-clockvvise direction as the drum is viewed in Fig. l, and this winds in the holding ropes 40, these ropes being Wound up onto the drums as fast as the lifting ropes are unwound therefrom by the descent of the clamps. This movement of the drums is permitted i'or the reason that there is :it the same time a slackening of the lifting' chains 4T due to the fact that as the cradle turns from normal position in u clockwise direction als the cradle is viewed in Fig. 1.. the counierwcights ride up the inclined surfaces 39, and this together with the facu that the sheaves 48 are moving in an arc toward these inclined surfaces 39, results in a shortening oi' the distance between the sheaves 4S about which the chains 4T pass und the cnrs 49 to which the chains ure attached. Obviously, therefore. the rotation of the drums 3o hy the lifting ropes 43, due to the pull thereon h v the descending clamps causes the lifting chains 'il' to he Wound up on the reduced portions 36" of the drums. The points to lic noted are. that during the earlyportion oi the turning movement of the cradle the cn r clumps descend by gravity until the slides and beams rest upon opposite sides of the cer; second, during the lowering of the car clamps the counterweights 39 are not operatively connected to the drums: and third, the lowering' of the clamps takes place gradually at a rate proportional to the 'rate o't turning movement of the cradle since the rote of movement of the drums 3G while the clamps are descending is dependent upon the slackening of the lifting chains 47 and the rate at which these chains can be wound on the reduced portions of the drums, this heingr proportional to the rate of movement of the cradle. r

As the cradle turns, the counterweights 39 ride up the inclined surfaces 39 and finally they are lifted clear of these surfaces, at which time the counterweight arms 38 cxtend vertically downward and the counterweights areH irectly beneath the axis of the drums i :Will this takes place there is obviouslfg: 'a relative movement between the couxerweightial'ms 38 and the cams 57 (Sec Fig. 6) which are carried by the cradle, but when the cradle reaches a given position in its rotative movement the rollers `54 carried at the outer ends of the oounterweight arms enga e the cams 57, this taking place with the umper here shown a'ter about 55 of rotative movement from normal position, and on engagement of the rollers 54 with these'cams 57, the bell-cranks 53 are rocked as already explained, pushing down on the links 55 and causingr the nose of the pauls 51 carried by the counterweightarms to engage the ratchets 50 of the drums. Thereafter during thefremainder of the dumping movement, i. e.`unti1 the cradle has been rocked to the position shown in Fig. 5, and duringr the major portion of the return movement, i. e. until the position is reached vhere the rollers 54 previously engaged. the

cams 57, the oounterweights and counterweight arms are locked to thev drums 36. Up to the point that the counterweight arms become locked to the drums the cradle has not been turned from normal position a sufficient distance to require any holding action by the car clamps, and therefore, any downward pull on the holding ropes 40. However, as soon as the counterweight arms become locked to the drums by the action of the pawls 51 on the ratchet portions of the drums, the counterweight arms and counterweights move with the cradle and swing out of the vertical position shown in Fig. 4, andas soon as this occurs the counterwights exert a turning effort on the drums which tends to wind in the holding ropes 40, but as these ropes are already taut, the effect of this is to exert a pull on the holding ropes, und this holds the clamps down onto the car. The degree of this rotative force exerted on the drums hy the counterweights, and therefore the holding action of the holding ropes i0 on the clamps depends upon the effective leverage of the counteriveight arms 38 or the displacement of these arms from the vertihal position. Therefore the holding action on the clamps gradually increases as the cradle approaches dumping position and becomes a maximum when the counterwei ht arms reach aY horizontal position which ta. es place nea-r the end of the dumping-movement. and here shown, just before final orfu'll dumping position shown in Fig. 5 is reached. l

When the domper reaches the position shown in "Fig 5, the rotation of the cradle is reversed, and toward the end of/,the reverse movement, or when the oounterweight arms reach vertical position so that the counterweights no longer exert a rotative elect on the drums, the rollers. 54 pass out of engagement with the cams 57 and the los pawls 51 are rocked by the springs 52 out of engagement with the ratchet ol'tions ofl these chains these chains begin to unwind i from the reduced portions 36ar of the drums and therefore rotate the drums in a clock- `Wise direction as viewed in Fig. 1 and the other figures. Obviously the effect of this` is to vrind up the lii"tin; r ropes irland to unwind orpay out the holding ropes 40,nd

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`titi therefore by the action of the lifting chains 47 in rotating the drums and hy the action of the latter in winding in the lifting ropes the clamps are lifted. At the end of the re turn movement ot' the cradle the clamps are 'n elevated to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the cycle of movement is completed, it beine` understood that during the last portion o the return movement, wthe Platen 22 and the now empty car 11 are pushed back to middle position by the act-ion of' the push .rods 25. due to the engagement of the rollers 27 with the inclined stops 38. The empty car can now be run olf the platen and another loaded ear can he pushed onto the platen, whereupon the cyele above deseribed will be repeated.

It was preiiousl;Y stated that my invention 'can be em iloyed advantageously also in dumpers o the well-known the cradle is designed to l ie.s\ rung about an axis at the upper .froitpzirt of the rradle,

and the nda `tation of my invention to adunxper 'of' tus type is illustrated in Figs. a8 to 13. As dumpers nl? this type are wellknown. the details of construction 'of the frame and cradleare not shown lo any extent, lnit'these parte are illustrated largelir in conventional manner. This type ol dumpen' has n suitable frame (3H and a rr-.ulle (il which in this instance is U-.-'liaped and is provided with the usual laterally movable platen G2. bn which the rar is adapted to lie run. Any of the well-known devices maj,7 lic employed lor nhiftng r tlul platen laterallji to conse the. rar to he moved over against the blocking on the dumping side and to wstore the platen to central position at tln` und of' the return movoiuoul. The rradle is de signed to he turned ahout an axis Gil at tho upper front part of the rradlo lo duinp tlu` contents from a cnr.

'lhe cradle is awunirg upwardlil and out wardljr hy any suitable nn'ans Hn'h. l'or example` as the drinn lillurv .ahown at the top of the strurturo (il). and operating: ropes 6:1 whit-h extend dou'nwardly.to and mss around the lower part ol' llul vradli. u-nerally rounturwoights mil-li as Shown nl (ill have counterwt-ight ropw (ltr whirh pass around suitable sheaves. oT and whi-h van-nd down to the lower part of the eradle art` uiuployed to assist in turning the rradle to dumping position and haelt to normal posilon.

To hold the rar ou the trndle n lnllnhrr UE sets of lamps GS are provided. these rlauipe lining slidingly mounted to more up and down on opposite` .aides of tlu` rradle and adapted to engage oppoaite sides of the rar. Only onu srt of rlauips is shown in the drawings, it hein;r understood,thaL there will lio nnumber of i-:uuh sots siinilar to that Shown a'n'dgiinilarly nin-rated. l

Y 'clamp operating'` inrrlinnism is provided type y whelei n."

for each set of clamps similar in princi le to that already described, this mechanism lieing located at the lower front part of the cradle, the mechanism foreach set including a counterweight 69, a double drum composed of two component parts 70 and 70 'constituting parts of the well-known differential mechanism. moet clearly shown in Fig. 13, these drums T0 and T()h being journaled on an inner sleeve T1 carrying an outer sprocket ring 72, and radially disposed bevel pinions which engage bevel toothed portions T4 of the two drums T0 and 70". Keyed on one end ol the inner sleeve 7l is a rliain wheel T5 which rorresponds-m the reduced part 3G of the drum of the lirst desrrihed construetion. The inner elet-ve is jonrnaled ou a pini To mounted in the cradle structure. and n'iountggLnnJhLuuier portions of this pin Iiiiounte'infeight arms 7T, corresponding to the couuterweigrht sirius 3H of the ronstruction first described.

As in the first inst-ance. the counterweight arms normally are not operatively ronneeted to the drums hut operative eonnertion is adapted to he established when the. rradle reaches a given position by methanisni similar to that first described, and inrludii'nea pawl 7S rarried hy a weiss-pieve T1) connecting the eounterweight arms 77. and normally held out of engagementwith the ratchet ring 72 hy n spring' till. l A luill-trunk S] positioned at the outer end of one of the munter-weight arma TT is vonneuted h v a link H9 to the pawl as in tho irst instaure. and a slop Ril rori'eequiiuling to the rain Ti of the lirst roustruetion is provided on tht rradle. strutture in a position suoli that alter a prrdotorniinell rotation ol' the rradlu'l'roin noi'n lnal position. thtI stop engagea l'luouter ond of* tlul ln-ll-rraulc Hl and rochal the pawl so that its nose engages the. ratchet ring 72, so thul the rountrrweight. will i-xiu't a rotative effort on the renti-r part of the druiu strueture. and therefore ou the two drums T0 and TH through the artion ol' the herrl gearing. pairpf holding ropes H4- and S5 are attac-hed to llulower pui-tions of tho rl-.unps 11H and extend downwardlj.P therefrom, one onto thiI drinn 7W* and the other onto the drinn TH". one ol tht` ropes H-l living here shown passing around a deflecling shoave no. Likewise rlanip lifting ropes 87 and 88 uril attached to the rar clamps (i8 and from the latter pass upwardly around sheaves 89 near tluI top of the rradle and then downwardly around auitahlo` delleeting sheaves 90 positioned wlurever desirable, and pass one around tludrinn 7U and the other around the drinn TU". hul'. the lifting ropes as in the lirst iuataiu-e, paras in the opposite direct-ion around their wespen-,tive drums to that, in whirli the holding: ropes pass. The lifting and holding ropes have their inner ends connected to the drums as in the tir-st construc- In brief, the operation is to turn the drums so as. to actuate the liftth ing ropes as in the first instance, but simply for the purpose of elevating the counterweight when the cradle is in normal position so as to prevent it hangin down too far and interfering with mechanism beneath the cradle. However, for the purpose of actuating the lifting ropes when the cradle approaches normal position I depart somewhat from the construction rst described and I provide for this purpose en tlierotit part of the dumper 'structure 60 e roller 92 which is so positionedthat jiist as the cradle approaches norm'iil position on the return movement after dumping movement, it engages and rocks a clamp raising; cum 93 pivoted at 94 to n bracket 95, on the front part of the cradle. The edge or peripheral portion of the chimp raisingr cam 93 is groored to accommodate a clamp lifting chain (or rope) 96, which extends downward to and psisscs around the chain iiliecl T5 which as already stated is keyed to the inner sleeve 7J. of the drum structure, the construction being such that just ns the cradle approaches normal position the com 93 is rocked by its engagement with the roller 92. This pulls up on the lifting chain 96 causing the rotation of the drums 70* and and winding in the lifting ropes 37 and 88 and paying out: the'holding,lr ropes' S4 and 85 so as to cause the car clamps to be lifted to the position shown in 1.

Referring now to the two-part drum and the differential mechanism emule ed. this construction is provided in plan aizingle or unitary drum us shown ii. Fig. i for the reason that the clamps of each t are independent of each other, and the mechanism shown in Fig. 13 permits n. slight relative movement between the drums 70* and 70 to causo bot-h clamps to be pulled down firmly against opposite sides of tho Cllr.

as follows; When the cradle starts to tilt, the car and platen first move laterally to the blocking on the dumping;Ir side, and as this occurs the cam member 93 moves away from the roller 92 and the car clamps fire thcu permitted to descend by gravity until they engage opposite sides of the car. this being permitted by the slaclrcniiifir of the lifting chain 96 which is connected to the cam'93 and to the chain wheel 75. swung to u end of the ll-crank 81 carried by one of the counterweight arms en es the carried by the cradle, ang e pawl A8- is when :he mais n.; been stel-mined position the onto'.V

thereby rocked into en ementz with the ratchet ring 72 which there locks the counf. tei-weight and counterweig t arm to the" ratchet ring 72. the combin? Thereizpon Y weight imposes rotative e ort upon the` ting?! drums 70'* and 70" which rough the turning Y until equal tension is on the holdi Thehcounterweight therefore exerts a on t e can move relnti of the bevel .pinion holding ropes which effectively nepi' ai the car clamps to the top of the cola-onthe pressure of the clem s on the. cu' grad-'#- ually increases as the e the counterweight arms increases un t ective leve off.

cradle reaches substantially full dumsil'fllf position shown in Fi 11. It shoul noted in a counter silencing effect on the cra assists the main counter-weights 65 storing the cradle to normal position.

0n the return movement the o eration is reversed, the counterweiglit paw 7B being released from the ratchet ring when the cradle is returned to a point such that the countcriveight arms are vertical, this bein about 55 or 60 from normal position, an just before the cradle reaches normal position the cum 93 engages the roller 92 and casing that' e counterweight hoog le and" this exerts a pull on the lifting chain 96.

which rotates the drum so as to wind in the lifting ropes 87 and 88 and elerates the clamps.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. ln u car dumper, a. cradle adapted to receive' a car, means for turning the cradle, movable cai' clamps on the cradle clam coiintei'ii'eights carried by the cradle', en means for causing the counterweights to exert a holding action on the clamps after the cradle has been turned a predetermined amount from norjmal position. A

2. In a car damper acradlo ada ceive a car, means for turning t e cradle, movable car clumps on the cradle, clem coiinterii-eghts carried by the cradle, an mechanism bv which the clamps creporrnitted to be lowered onto the cnr through the action of gravity at the beginning of the turning movement of the cradle and after a predetermined movement of the cradle are operatively connected to the counterweights.

3. In n. car damper, a cradle adapted to receive s, ier, means for turning the cradle, movable cur clamps and clamp counter weights carried by Vthe cradIEtho'cOunter- A:weights being pivote disconnected from the clamps icradle has turned n from normal position.

until the ledtore-l llt predetermined.- amount -ried by 4. ln a car damper, a cradle adapted to receive a ear` means for turning the cradle, movable car clamps and clamp counterweights carried hv the cradle. the counterweights being pivotall) mounted and being disconnected 'from the clamps until the cradle has turned a predetermined amount from normal position. and mechanism for connecting the counterweigrhts and clamps and later disconnecting,r them.

5. In a car damper, a cradle adapted to receive a car. meansl for turning the cradle. a movable car clamp. a revolnhle drum rarrieil by the cradle havin?"r a rope connected to the clamp. and a counterweight for ex'- ertimr a turning effort on the drum.

t. ln a car domper. a cradle adapted to receive a car and to he turned to dnmp the rar, a car clamp carried by the cradle. a drum also carried by the cradle and havin" holdingr and lifting ropes connected to the clamp. and a counterweight for exerting a turning effort on the drum.

T. In a car domper. a cradle adapted to receive a car and to be turned to dump the car. a car clamp carried h v the cradle, a drum also carried h v the cradle and havingr a rope connection with the clamp, a eounterweight for ertel'ting a turning etlort on the drlmLand means for connecting and disconnecting the counterweight and drum.

n a car dnmper. a cradle adapted to receive a car and to be turned to dump the car. a car clamp carried h v the cradle. a drinn also carried ln' the cradle and having.: holdingr and lifting: ropes connected to the clamp` a conntlrweig'ht carried by the eradle. and mechanism for causing"r the.l counter weight to exert a tnrnincr etlort on the drinn when the cradle has been turned a predetermined amount. ll. In a car dnmper, a cradle adapted to receive a ear and to he turned to dump the car, a car clamp carried by the cradle. a` drum also carried h v the cradle and having holdingr and lifting,r ropes connected to the clamp. a connterweight for exerting a turn ing et'ort on the drlnn. and mechanism by which during a portion of the turning moveA ment of the cradle trom and to normal po` sition the couuterweight is caused to exert :i turning effort on the drum.

10. In a ear damper, a cradle adapted to receive a car and to be turned to dump the same.'a movable car clamp and a drum carried b v the cradle, the drum having,lr rope connections with the clamp, a counter-weight supported at the axis ot the drum. and means for connecting and disconnecting the drinn and conntcrweight.

11. In a car dumper, receive a car and to be same, a movable car clam J and n drum earthe cradle. the drum having ro )e a counterweig t a cradle adapted to turned to dump the connections with the clamp,

supported at the axis of the drum, and means automatically actingr while the cradle is beincr turned. to connect the connterweight to the drum alter a predetermined movement ol the cradle trom normal position. and for disconnectingr the coiinterweight fronrthe drum when the cradle reaches a predetermined position on its return movement.

l2. n a car domper. a cradle adapted to receive a cai' and to be turned to dump the saine. a rar clamp carried hy the cradle. a holding rope connected to the clamp for holding the `saine down against the top ofthe car. and a counterweight carried by the cradle t'or exerting a pull on the holding rope.

lil. In a car damper, a cradle adapted bo receive a car and to be turned to dump the same. a ear clamp carried by the cradle, a holding: rope connected to the clamp for holdincf the same down against the top of e car, a counterweight carried by the cradle tor exerting a pull on the holding rope, and means t'or elevating the clamp.

Il. In a car domper, a cradle adapted to receive a car and to be tnrned to dump the naine. ear clamps carried by the cradle, holding and liftingropes connected to the clamps. and connterweights carried by the cradle for exerting a pull on the holding ropes.

l5. In a ear dnmper, a cradle adapted to receive a ear and to be turned to dump the name. car clamps carried by the cradle, drums carried by the cradle and provided with holdingT and lifting ropes connected to the clamps and adapted when turned in one direction to wind in the holding,r ropes and when turned in the opposite direction tov wind in the lifting ropes.

' n a car damper, a cradle adapted to a car and to be turned to dump the sante, car clamps carried by the cradle, drnms carried by the cradle and provided with holding and li tingropes connected to the clamps and adapted when turned in one direction to wind in the holdingr ropes and when turned in the opposite direction to wind in the liltinlv ropes. and means for rotatiner the drums in opposite directions.

l?. In a car domper. a cradle adapted to receive a car and to be turned to dump the same, car clamps carried by the cradle, drums carried bv the cradle and provided with holding and lifting ropes connected to tie clamps and adapted when turned in one direction to wind in the holding ropes and when turned in the opposite direction to wind in the hftingropes, adapted to drums.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto allix my signature.

receive force on the ARTHUR F. oase.'

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